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Italian Open 2015

Milan · 5 December 2015 · 18 events · 70 competitors · 113 personal bests

Mattia Furlan won six of the 18 events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Andrea Lo Sardo by 0.09 seconds. 70 competitors produced 113 personal bests, 24 of which still stand today, and eight people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Sebastiano Tronto set the 3×3 Fewest Moves single national record: 22 moves.

Six wins
Mattia Furlan — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, Clock, Megaminx
0.09s
closest final — 2×2, Andrea Lo Sardo over Reto Bubendorf
113
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Paolo Moriello7.979.02
2×2Andrea Lo Sardo2.443.14
4×4Mattia Furlan34.5037.71
5×5Mattia Furlan1:05.361:08.01
6×6Mattia Furlan1:52.111:56.20
7×7Mattia Furlan2:31.462:47.08
3×3 blindfoldedSebastiano Tronto27.93—
3×3 Fewest MovesSebastiano Tronto22 moves27.67
3×3 one-handedNicola Barbaro12.7915.14
ClockMattia Furlan6.907.91
MegaminxMattia Furlan57.061:01.65
PyraminxLeonardo Marchizza3.635.04
SkewbMarco Rota5.025.46
Square-1Marco Rota20.7625.06
4×4 blindfoldedOleg Gritsenko3:20.46—
5×5 blindfoldedSebastiano Tronto15:57.00—
3×3 Multi-BlindOleg Gritsenko19 of 20 cubes · 57:10—
3×3 with feetMarco Rota51.9958.39

The PB harvest

113 set · 24 still standing
  • Edoardo Disarò — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 26 moves: into the top 6.2% of the event's history.
  • Marco Minici — 3×3 single 9.78: into the top 6.9% of the event's history.
  • Edoardo Disarò — 3×3 one-handed single 14.66: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
  • Alessandro Manopulo — 2×2 single 2.43: into the top 8.2% of the event's history.
  • Edoardo Disarò — 5×5 single 1:10.50: into the top 12.0% of the event's history.
  • Adrian Estrada — 3×3 one-handed single 19.34: into the top 18.8% of the event's history.
  • Milo De Nadai — Pyraminx single 5.87: into the top 19.0% of the event's history.
  • Gabriele Bacchieri — 3×3 one-handed single 19.75: into the top 19.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eight people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 12,291 people who made their debut in 2015. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

13 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

70 competitors · 639 results · 18 events.

Solve this final yourself

how this works →

The 3×3 final here ran on one scramble group, so these five sequences are exactly what the finalists faced. Paolo Moriello won it with a 9.02 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

  1. 1B2 R' D F2 B' U2 R' L2 U F U' B2 L2 D F2 B2 L2 D L2 B2
  2. 2F L2 D2 F L2 B' U2 B' U2 F R B2 L2 B' U' B2 U B2 D R
  3. 3B R2 B U2 B' U2 R2 F2 D U2 B U R F' L2 B2 L F2 L
  4. 4U2 B2 F2 L F2 R B2 D2 U2 L2 R' B' L2 F' R B' L2 U F2 L2
  5. 5F2 L2 U2 B2 U L2 U B2 D' R2 U R' B' L2 F' D2 L U' L2 U'

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

70 competitors

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a final is a competition's last round; its order decides the podium · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · every solve starts from a computer-generated scramble, the same for every competitor in a round.